Events
We are excited to have started reintroducing some fantastic events from our reopening in May. Please keep checking back for more coming soon and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest.
Thursdays in term time, 10.30am to 11.30am
Mini Museum invites families with children under 5 to come along to engage, learn and play at Newark's fantastic National Civil War Centre.
Saturday 5th to Saturday 12th April
Go undercover and become a Civil War secret spy on a museum mission in this fun family gallery trail!
Saturday 5th April, 10am to 4pm
Join archaeologists from the University of Leicester for a day of discovery with the chance to see a 3D printed replica of the King’s skeleton; ‘Ask an Archaeologist’ with excavation director Mathew Morris; and have a go at digging up bones! You can meet a medieval knight and create a Tudor flag too!
Saturday 5th April, 4pm
Join some of the archaeologists who discovered the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park to learn more about what their findings mean.
Thursday 24th April, 7pm
Discover the story behind the National Civil War Centre’s most striking artefact, Fairfax’s wheelchair.
Saturday 3rd May, 10am to 4pm
Join us for a very special musical celebration in our historic Tudor Hall. Listen to a real string band, find out all about musical instruments and have a go at music making!
Friday 23rd May, 7.30pm
Join archaeologist Mathew Morris to examine new evidence about the brutal sacking of Leicester in May 1645.